A.M. Vitals: Court Rejects Medical-Test Patents

By

Stefanie Ilgenfritz

Mar 21, 2012 7:37 am ET

Here’s what’s making health news this morning:

Court Rejects Patents on Medical Tests: (WSJ) The Supreme Court jolted the biotechnology industry with a unanimous ruling that threw out two medical-testing patents and suggested companies need to do more to prove their discoveries are really new.